Birds I’ve Seen in the Wild
| Common Name | Scientific Name | Seen? | Date of first sighting | Location of first sighting |
| Plain Chachalaca | Ortalis vetula | |||
| Mountain Quail | Oreortyx pictus | |||
| Scaled Quail | Callipepla squamata | |||
| California Quail | Callipepla californica | X | 8/94 | Point Reyes, CA |
| Gambel’s Quail | Callipepla gambelii | |||
| Northern Bobwhite | Colinus virginianus | X | ||
| Montezuma Quail | Cyrtonyx montezumae | |||
| Wild Turkey (i) | Meleagris gallopavo | X | ||
| Ruffed Grouse | Bonasa umbellus | |||
| Spruce Grouse | Falcipennis canadensis | |||
| Sage Grouse | Centrocercus urophasianus | |||
| Gunnison Grouse | Centrocercus minimus | |||
| Dusky Grouse | Dendragapus obscurus | |||
| Sooty Grouse | Dendragapus fuliginosus | |||
| Sharp-tailed Grouse | Tympanuchus phasianellus | |||
| Lesser Prairie Chicken | Tympanuchus pallidicinctus | |||
| Greater Prairie Chicken | Tympanuchus cupido | |||
| White-tailed Ptarmigan | Lagopus leucura | |||
| Willow Ptarmigan | Lagopus lagopus | |||
| Himalayan Snowcock (i) | Tetraogallus himalayensis | |||
| Chukar Partridge (i) | Alectoris chukar | |||
| Black Francolin (i) | Francolinus francolinus | |||
| Grey Partridge (i) | Perdix perdix | |||
| Common Pheasant (i) | Phasianus colchicus | X | ||
| Black-bellied Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna autumnalis | X | 2/17/23 | Delray Beach, FL |
| Fulvous Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor | |||
| Taiga Bean Goose | Anser fabalis | |||
| Tundra Bean Goose | Anser serrirostris | |||
| Pink-footed Goose | Anser brachyrhynchus | |||
| Greater White-fronted Goose | Anser albifrons | |||
| Lesser White-fronted Goose | Anser erythropus | |||
| Snow Goose | Chen caerulescens | X | 9-10/89 | Southern NJ |
| Ross’s Goose | Chen rossii | |||
| Emperor Goose | Chen canagica | |||
| Canada Goose | Branta canadensis | X | 1960s | NJ |
| Cackling Goose | Branta hutchinsii | |||
| Brant Goose | Branta bernicla | X | 3/31/90 | Boston Harbor, MA |
| Barnacle Goose (e?) | Branta leucopsis | |||
| Mute Swan (i) | Cygnus olor | X | ||
| Trumpeter Swan | Cygnus buccinator | X | ||
| Tundra Swan | Cygnus columbianus | |||
| Whooper Swan | Cygnus cygnus | |||
| Egyptian Goose (e) | Alopochen aegyptiaca | |||
| Muscovy Duck | Cairina moschata | |||
| Wood Duck | Aix sponsa | X | ||
| Gadwall | Anas strepera | X | 1989? | Newburyport, MA |
| Falcated Duck | Anas falcata | |||
| Eurasian Wigeon | Anas penelope | |||
| American Wigeon | Anas americana | X | 9-10/89 | Southern NJ |
| American Black Duck | Anas rubripes | X | 3/31/90 | Eastern MA |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | X | 1960s | Ridgewood, NY |
| Mottled Duck | Anas fulvigula | X | 2/17/23 | Delray Beach, FL |
| Eastern Spot-billed Duck | Anas zonorhyncha | |||
| Blue-winged Teal | Anas discors | X | 5/24/91 | Plum Island, MA |
| Cinnamon Teal | Anas cyanoptera | |||
| Northern Shoveler | Anas clypeata | X | 9-10/89 | Southern NJ |
| White-cheeked Pintail | Anas bahamensis | |||
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | X | 1989(?) | |
| Garganey | Anas querquedula | |||
| Baikal Teal | Anas formosa | |||
| Eurasian Teal | Anas crecca | |||
| Green-winged Teal | Anas carolinensis | X | 1990s | Newburyport, MA |
| Canvasback | Aythya valisineria | |||
| Redhead | Aythya americana | X | 2/4/17 | Charles River, Waltham, MA |
| Common Pochard | Aythya ferina | X | 11/18 | Las Vegas, NV |
| Ring-necked Duck | Aythya collaris | X | 2/4/17 | Charles River, Waltham, MA |
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | |||
| Greater Scaup | Aythya marila | X | 3/31/90 | Boston Harbor, MA |
| Lesser Scaup | Aythya affinis | |||
| Steller’s Eider | Polysticta stelleri | |||
| Spectacled Eider | Somateria fischeri | |||
| King Eider | Somateria spectabilis | |||
| Common Eider | Somateria mollissima | X | 3/31/90 | Boston Harbor, MA |
| Harlequin Duck | Histrionicus histrionicus | X | Ocean City, NJ | |
| Surf Scoter | Melanitta perspicillata | X | 3/31/90 | Boston Harbor, MA |
| White-winged Scoter | Melanitta deglandi | X | 3/31/90 | Boston Harbor, MA |
| Black Scoter | Melanitta americana | X? | ||
| Long-tailed Duck (formerly Oldsquaw) | Clangula hyemalis | X | ||
| Bufflehead | Bucephala albeola | X | 3/31/90 | Boston Harbor, MA |
| Common Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula | X | 3/31/90 | Boston Harbor, MA |
| Barrow’s Goldeneye | Bucephala islandica | |||
| Smew | Mergellus albellus | |||
| Hooded Merganser | Lophodytes cucullatus | X | ||
| Common Merganser | Mergus merganser | X | ||
| Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator | X | 3/31/90 | Boston Harbor, MA |
| Masked Duck | Nomonyx dominicus | |||
| Ruddy Duck | Oxyura jamaicensis | X | 11/16/18 | Henderson, NV |
| Red-throated Loon | Gavia stellata | |||
| Black-throated Loon | Gavia arctica | |||
| Pacific Loon | Gavia pacifica | |||
| Great Northern Loon (formerly Common Loon) | Gavia immer | X | ||
| Yellow-billed Loon | Gavia adamsii | |||
| Laysan Albatross | Phoebastria immutabilis | |||
| Black-footed Albatross | Phoebastria nigripes | |||
| Short-tailed Albatross | Phoebastria albatrus | |||
| Wandering Albatross | Diomedea exulans | |||
| Light-mantled Albatross | Phoebetria palpebrata | |||
| Black-browed Albatross | Thalassarche melanophris | |||
| Shy Albatross | Thalassarche cauta | |||
| Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross | Thalassarche chlororhynchos | |||
| Northern Fulmar | Fulmarus glacialis | |||
| Great-winged Petrel | Pterodroma macroptera | |||
| Murphy’s Petrel | Pterodroma ultima | |||
| Fea’s Petrel | Pterodroma feae | |||
| Bermuda Petrel | Pterodroma cahow | |||
| Black-capped Petrel | Pterodroma hasitata | |||
| Trindade Petrel | Pterodroma arminjoniana | |||
| Galapagos Petrel | Pterodroma phaeopygia | |||
| Mottled Petrel | Pterodroma inexpectata | |||
| Cook’s Petrel | Pterodroma cookii | |||
| Stejneger’s Petrel | Pterodroma longirostris | |||
| White-chinned Petrel | Procellaria aequinoctialis | |||
| Black Petrel | Procellaria parkinsoni | |||
| Streaked Shearwater | Calonectris leucomelas | |||
| Cory’s Shearwater | Calonectris borealis | |||
| Cape Verde Shearwater | Calonectris edwardsii | |||
| Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Puffinus pacificus | |||
| Buller’s Shearwater | Puffinus bulleri | |||
| Sooty Shearwater | Puffinus griseus | |||
| Short-tailed Shearwater | Puffinus tenuirostris | |||
| Pink-footed Shearwater | Puffinus creatopus | |||
| Flesh-footed Shearwater | Puffinus carneipes | |||
| Great Shearwater | Puffinus gravis | |||
| Manx Shearwater | Puffinus puffinus | |||
| Black-vented Shearwater | Puffinus opisthomelas | |||
| Townsend’s Shearwater | Puffinus auricularis | |||
| Audubon’s Shearwater | Puffinus lherminieri | |||
| Little Shearwater | Puffinus assimilis | |||
| Bulwer’s Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii | |||
| Wilson’s Storm Petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | X | Atlantic Ocean, off eastern MA | |
| White-faced Storm Petrel | Pelagodroma marina | |||
| Black-bellied Storm Petrel | Fregetta tropica | |||
| European Storm Petrel | Hydrobates pelagicus | |||
| Least Storm Petrel | Oceanodroma microsoma | |||
| Wedge-rumped Storm Petrel | Oceanodroma tethys | |||
| Band-rumped Storm Petrel | Oceanodroma castro | |||
| Swinhoe’s Storm Petrel | Oceanodroma monorhis | |||
| Leach’s Storm Petrel | Oceanodroma leucorhoa | |||
| Tristram’s Storm Petrel | Oceanodroma tristrami | |||
| Black Storm Petrel | Oceanodroma melania | |||
| Ashy Storm Petrel | Oceanodroma homochroa | |||
| Hornby’s Storm Petrel | Oceanodroma hornbyi | |||
| Fork-tailed Storm Petrel | Oceanodroma furcata | |||
| Least Grebe | Tachybaptus dominicus | |||
| Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps | X | ||
| Red-necked Grebe | Podiceps grisegena | |||
| Horned Grebe | Podiceps auritus | X | 3/2/93 | Plum Island, MA |
| Black-necked Grebe/Eared Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | X | 11/16/18 | Henderson, NV |
| Western Grebe | Aechmophorus occidentalis | |||
| Clark’s Grebe | Aechmophorus clarkii | |||
| American Flamingo | Phoenicopterus ruber | |||
| Red-billed Tropicbird | Phaethon aethereus | |||
| Red-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda | |||
| White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | |||
| Wood Stork | Mycteria americana | X | 2/17/23 | Delray Beach, FL |
| Jabiru | Jabiru mycteria | |||
| American White Ibis | Eudocimus albus | X | 6/90 | Outer Banks, NC |
| Scarlet Ibis | Eudocimus ruber | |||
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | X | Southern NJ | |
| White-faced Ibis | Plegadis chihi | |||
| Roseate Spoonbill | Platalea ajaja | |||
| Bare-throated Tiger Heron | Tigrisoma mexicanum | |||
| American Bittern | Botaurus lentiginosus | |||
| Least Bittern | Ixobrychus exilis | |||
| Yellow Bittern | Ixobrychus sinensis | |||
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | X | 5/13/89 | Fenway, MA |
| Yellow-crowned Night Heron | Nyctanassa violacea | X | ||
| Green Heron | Butorides virescens | X | 5/13/89 | Fenway, MA |
| Chinese Pond Heron | Ardeola bacchus | |||
| Western Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |||
| Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | |||
| Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias | X | ||
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | X | ||
| Intermediate Egret | Egretta intermedia | |||
| Reddish Egret | Egretta rufescens | X | 2/17/23 | Delray Beach, FL |
| Tricolored Heron | Egretta tricolor | X | 9-10/89 | Southern NJ |
| Little Blue Heron | Egretta caerulea | X | 9-10/89 | Southern NJ |
| Snowy Egret | Egretta thula | X | 6/24/89 | Plum Island, MA |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | X | ||
| Western Reef Heron | Egretta gularis | |||
| Chinese Egret | Egretta eulophotes | |||
| American White Pelican | Pelecanus erythrorhynchos | |||
| Brown Pelican | Pelecanus occidentalis | X | 1983 | Marin County, CA |
| Magnificent Frigatebird | Fregata magnificens | |||
| Great Frigatebird | Fregata minor | |||
| Lesser Frigatebird | Fregata ariel | |||
| Northern Gannet | Morus bassanus | X | 3/31/90 | Boston Harbor, MA |
| Blue-footed Booby | Sula nebouxii | |||
| Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | |||
| Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | |||
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | |||
| Brandt’s Cormorant | Phalacrocorax penicillatus | |||
| Pelagic Cormorant | Phalacrocorax pelagicus | |||
| Red-faced Cormorant | Phalacrocorax urile | |||
| Neotropic Cormorant | Phalacrocorax brasilianus | |||
| Double-crested Cormorant | Phalacrocorax auritus | X | ||
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | X | 3/31/90 | Boston Harbor, MA |
| Anhinga | Anhinga anhinga | X | 2/15/23 | Delray Beach, FL |
| Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura | X | ||
| Black Vulture | Coragyps atratus | X? | ||
| California Condor | Gymnogyps californianus | X | 5/07 | Grand Canyon, AZ |
| Western Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | X | 9-10/89 | Cape May, NJ |
| White-tailed Kite | Elanus leucurus | X | 8/94 | Point Reyes, CA |
| Hook-billed Kite | Chondrohierax uncinatus | |||
| Swallow-tailed Kite | Elanoides forficatus | |||
| Golden Eagle | Aquila chrysaetos | |||
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | Accipiter striatus | X | 9-10/89 | Cape May, NJ |
| Cooper’s Hawk | Accipiter cooperii | X | 9-10/89 | Cape May, NJ |
| Northern Goshawk | Accipiter gentilis | |||
| Northern Harrier | Circus hudsonius | X | 9-10/89 | Cape May, NJ |
| White-tailed Eagle | Haliaeetus albicilla | |||
| Bald Eagle | Haliaeetus leucocephalus | X | 3/2/93 | Salisbury, MA |
| Steller’s Sea Eagle | Haliaeetus pelagicus | |||
| Mississippi Kite | Ictinia mississippiensis | |||
| Snail Kite | Rostrhamus sociabilis | |||
| Crane Hawk | Geranospiza caerulescens | |||
| Common Black Hawk | Buteogallus anthracinus | |||
| Roadside Hawk | Rupornis magnirostris | |||
| Harris’s Hawk | Parabuteo unicinctus | |||
| White-tailed Hawk | Geranoaetus albicaudatus | |||
| Grey Hawk | Buteo plagiatus | |||
| Red-shouldered Hawk | Buteo lineatus | |||
| Broad-winged Hawk | Buteo platypterus | |||
| Short-tailed Hawk | Buteo brachyurus | |||
| Swainson’s Hawk | Buteo swainsoni | |||
| Zone-tailed Hawk | Buteo albonotatus | |||
| Red-tailed Hawk | Buteo jamaicensis | X | ||
| Ferruginous Hawk | Buteo regalis | |||
| Rough-legged Buzzard (formerly Rough-legged Hawk) | Buteo lagopus | X | ||
| Northern Crested Caracara | Caracara cheriway | |||
| Collared Forest Falcon | Micrastur semitorquatus | |||
| Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |||
| American Kestrel | Falco sparverius | X | Marshfield, MA | |
| Red-footed Falcon | Falco vespertinus | |||
| Aplomado Falcon | Falco femoralis | |||
| Merlin | Falco columbarius | X | 9-10/89 | Cape May, NJ |
| Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | |||
| Gyrfalcon | Falco rusticolus | |||
| Prairie Falcon | Falco mexicanus | |||
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | X | 9-10/89 | Cape May, NJ |
| Sungrebe | Heliornis fulica | |||
| Yellow Rail | Coturnicops noveboracensis | |||
| Black Rail | Laterallus jamaicensis | |||
| Clapper Rail | Rallus longirostris | |||
| King Rail | Rallus elegans | |||
| Virginia Rail | Rallus limicola | X | 1990s | Virginia Beach, VA |
| Corn Crake | Crex crex | |||
| Sora | Porzana carolina | |||
| Paint-billed Crake | Neocrex erythrops | |||
| Purple Gallinule | Porphyrio martinicus | X | 1/28/25 | Loxahatchee NWR, FL |
| Azure Gallinule | Porphyrio flavirostris | |||
| Common Moorhen/Common Gallinule | Gallinula chloropus | X | 9-10/89 | Cape May, NJ |
| Eurasian Coot | Fulica atra | |||
| American Coot | Fulica americana | X | 9-10/89 | Cape May, NJ |
| Sandhill Crane | Grus canadensis | X | 9/21 | Las Vegas, NM |
| Sarus Crane (i) | Grus antigone | |||
| Whooping Crane | Grus americana | |||
| Common Crane | Grus grus | |||
| Hooded Crane (e?) | Grus monacha | |||
| Limpkin | Aramus guarauna | X | 1/27/25 | Delray Beach, FL |
| Double-striped Thick-knee | Burhinus bistriatus | |||
| Black Oystercatcher | Haematopus bachmani | X | 8/94 | Point Reyes, CA |
| American Oystercatcher | Haematopus palliatus | X | 6/90 | Outer Banks, NC |
| Eurasian Oystercatcher | Haematopus ostralegus | |||
| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |||
| Black-necked Stilt | Himantopus mexicanus | X | 6/90 | Outer Banks, NC |
| American Avocet | Recurvirostra americana | X | ||
| Northern Lapwing | Vanellus vanellus | |||
| European Golden Plover | Pluvialis apricaria | |||
| Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva | |||
| American Golden Plover | Pluvialis dominica | |||
| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | |||
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |||
| Semipalmated Plover | Charadrius semipalmatus | X | ||
| Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | |||
| Wilson’s Plover | Charadrius wilsonia | |||
| Killdeer | Charadrius vociferus | X | ||
| Piping Plover | Charadrius melodus | X | 8/26/91 | Ocean City, NJ |
| Snowy Plover | Charadrius nivosus | |||
| Collared Plover | Charadrius collaris | |||
| Lesser Sand Plover | Charadrius mongolus | |||
| Greater Sand Plover | Charadrius leschenaultii | |||
| Eurasian Dotterel | Charadrius morinellus | |||
| Mountain Plover | Charadrius montanus | |||
| Northern Jacana | Jacana spinosa | |||
| Eurasian Woodcock | Scolopax rusticola | |||
| American Woodcock | Scolopax minor | X | 5/24/91 | Plum Island, MA |
| Jack Snipe | Lymnocryptes minimus | |||
| Solitary Snipe | Gallinago solitaria | |||
| Pin-tailed Snipe | Gallinago stenura | |||
| Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |||
| Wilson’s Snipe | Gallinago delicata | X | 2/17/23 | Delray Beach, FL |
| Short-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus griseus | X | 8/27/91 | Brigantine, NJ |
| Long-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus scolopaceus | X? | ||
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | |||
| Hudsonian Godwit | Limosa haemastica | X | ||
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | |||
| Marbled Godwit | Limosa fedoa | |||
| Little Curlew | Numenius minutus | |||
| Eskimo Curlew | Numenius borealis | |||
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | X | 9-10/89 | Southern NJ |
| Bristle-thighed Curlew | Numenius tahitiensis | |||
| Slender-billed Curlew | Numenius tenuirostris | |||
| Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | X | 10/99 | Ireland |
| Far Eastern Curlew | Numenius madagascariensis | |||
| Long-billed Curlew | Numenius americanus | |||
| Upland Sandpiper | Bartramia longicauda | |||
| Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | |||
| Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | X | 10/99 | Ireland |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | |||
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |||
| Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca | X | 9-10/89 | Southern NJ |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | X | ||
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | |||
| Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria | X | ||
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |||
| Grey-tailed Tattler | Tringa brevipes | |||
| Wandering Tattler | Tringa incana | |||
| Willet | Tringa semipalmata | X | 6/24/89 | Plum Island, MA |
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | |||
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |||
| Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularius | X | ||
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | X | 6/90 | Outer Banks, NC |
| Black Turnstone | Arenaria melanocephala | |||
| Surfbird | Aphriza virgata | |||
| Great Knot | Calidris tenuirostris | |||
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | X | 8/26/91 | Ocean City, NJ |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | X | Ocean City, NJ | |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | Calidris pusilla | X | ||
| Western Sandpiper | Calidris mauri | |||
| Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | |||
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | |||
| Temminck’s Stint | Calidris temminckii | |||
| Long-toed Stint | Calidris subminuta | |||
| Least Sandpiper | Calidris minutilla | |||
| White-rumped Sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis | |||
| Baird’s Sandpiper | Calidris bairdii | |||
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | |||
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | |||
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | |||
| Purple Sandpiper | Calidris maritima | |||
| Rock Sandpiper | Calidris ptilocnemis | |||
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina | X | 5/93(?) | Southern NJ |
| Stilt Sandpiper | Calidris himantopus | |||
| Spoon-billed Sandpiper | Eurynorhynchus pygmeus | |||
| Broad-billed Sandpiper | Limicola falcinellus | |||
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Tryngites subruficollis | |||
| Ruff | Philomachus pugnax | |||
| Wilson’s Phalarope | Phalaropus tricolor | X | 6/16/96 | Plum Island, MA |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | |||
| Red Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius | |||
| Oriental Pratincole | Glareola maldivarum | |||
| Rock Pratincole | Glareola nuchalis | |||
| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | |||
| Black Noddy | Anous minutus | |||
| Black Skimmer | Rynchops niger | X | 7/4/89 | Plum Island, MA |
| Swallow-tailed Gull | Creagrus furcatus | |||
| Black-legged Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla | |||
| Red-legged Kittiwake | Rissa brevirostris | |||
| Ivory Gull | Pagophila eburnea | |||
| Sabine’s Gull | Xema sabini | |||
| Bonaparte’s Gull | Chroicocephalus philadelphia | |||
| Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | X | 10/99 | Ireland |
| Grey-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | |||
| Little Gull | Hydrocoloeus minutus | |||
| Ross’s Gull | Rhodostethia rosea | |||
| Laughing Gull | Leucophaeus atricilla | X | Ocean City, NJ | |
| Franklin’s Gull | Leucophaeus pipixcan | |||
| Belcher’s Gull | Larus belcheri | |||
| Black-tailed Gull | Larus crassirostris | |||
| Heermann’s Gull | Larus heermanni | X | 1/00 | near SF, CA |
| Common Gull (Mew Gull) | Larus canus | X | 10/99 | Ireland |
| Ring-billed Gull | Larus delawarensis | X | ||
| California Gull | Larus californicus | |||
| Great Black-backed Gull | Larus marinus | X | ||
| Kelp Gull | Larus dominicanus | |||
| Glaucous-winged Gull | Larus glaucescens | |||
| Western Gull | Larus occidentalis | X | 1/00 | SF, CA |
| Yellow-footed Gull | Larus livens | |||
| Glaucous Gull | Larus hyperboreus | |||
| Iceland Gull | Larus glaucoides | |||
| Thayer’s Gull | Larus thayeri | |||
| American Herring Gull | Larus smithsonianus | X | ||
| Yellow-legged Gull | Larus michahellis | |||
| Slaty-backed Gull | Larus schistisagus | |||
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | |||
| Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | X | 6/90 | Outer Banks, NC |
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | X | 8/27/91 | Brigantine, NJ |
| Royal Tern | Thalasseus maximus | X | 1990s | Virginia Beach, VA |
| Elegant Tern | Thalasseus elegans | |||
| Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | X | 2/17/23 | Delray Beach, FL |
| Least Tern | Sternula antillarum | X | 5/24/91 | Plum Island, MA |
| Aleutian Tern | Onychoprion aleuticus | |||
| Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | |||
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | |||
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | |||
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | X | Newburyport, MA | |
| Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea | |||
| Forster’s Tern | Sterna forsteri | X | 8/27/91 | Brigantine, NJ |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |||
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | |||
| Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | X | ||
| Large-billed Tern | Phaetusa simplex | |||
| South Polar Skua | Stercorarius maccormicki | |||
| Great Skua | Stercorarius skua | |||
| Pomarine Skua | Stercorarius pomarinus | |||
| Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus | |||
| Long-tailed Jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus | |||
| Little Auk | Alle alle | |||
| Thick-billed Murre | Uria lomvia | |||
| Common Murre | Uria aalge | |||
| Razorbill | Alca torda | |||
| Black Guillemot | Cepphus grylle | |||
| Pigeon Guillemot | Cepphus columba | |||
| Marbled Murrelet | Brachyramphus marmoratus | |||
| Long-billed Murrelet | Brachyramphus perdix | |||
| Kittlitz’s Murrelet | Brachyramphus brevirostris | |||
| Guadalupe Murrelet | Synthliboramphus hypoleucus | |||
| Craveri’s Murrelet | Synthliboramphus craveri | |||
| Ancient Murrelet | Synthliboramphus antiquus | |||
| Cassin’s Auklet | Ptychoramphus aleuticus | |||
| Parakeet Auklet | Aethia psittacula | |||
| Least Auklet | Aethia pusilla | |||
| Whiskered Auklet | Aethia pygmaea | |||
| Crested Auklet | Aethia cristatella | |||
| Rhinoceros Auklet | Cerorhinca monocerata | |||
| Atlantic Puffin | Fratercula arctica | |||
| Horned Puffin | Fratercula corniculata | |||
| Tufted Puffin | Fratercula cirrhata | |||
| Rock Dove (i) | Columba livia feral | X | 1960s | |
| White-crowned Pigeon | Patagioenas leucocephala | |||
| Scaly-naped Pigeon | Patagioenas squamosa | |||
| Band-tailed Pigeon | Patagioenas fasciata | X | 1/00 | near SF, CA |
| Red-billed Pigeon | Patagioenas flavirostris | |||
| European Turtle Dove (e) | Streptopelia turtur | |||
| Oriental Turtle Dove | Streptopelia orientalis | |||
| Eurasian Collared Dove (e?) | Streptopelia decaocto | X | 10/99 | Ireland |
| African Collared Dove (e) | Streptopelia risoria | |||
| Spotted Dove (e) | Spilopelia chinensis | |||
| Mourning Dove | Zenaida macroura | X | ||
| Zenaida Dove | Zenaida aurita | X? | 2/12 | Puerto Rico |
| White-winged Dove | Zenaida asiatica | X | 2007 | AZ |
| Inca Dove | Columbina inca | |||
| Common Ground Dove | Columbina passerina | X | ||
| Ruddy Ground Dove | Columbina talpacoti | |||
| White-tipped Dove | Leptotila verreauxi | |||
| Key West Quail-Dove | Geotrygon chrysia | |||
| Ruddy Quail-Dove | Geotrygon montana | |||
| Budgerigar (e) | Melopsittacus undulatus | |||
| Rose-ringed Parakeet (e) | Psittacula krameri | |||
| Blossom-headed Parakeet (e) | Psittacula roseata | |||
| Thick-billed Parrot | Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha | |||
| Green Parakeet (e) | Aratinga holochlora | |||
| Hispaniolan Parakeet (e) | Aratinga chloroptera | |||
| Orange-fronted Parakeet (e) | Aratinga canicularis | |||
| Peach-fronted Parakeet (e) | Aratinga aurea | |||
| Nanday Parakeet (e) | Nandayus nenday | X | 1/28/25 | Loxahatchee NWR, FL |
| Monk Parakeet (e) | Myiopsitta monachus | X | 1/27/25 | Delray Beach, FL |
| White-winged Parakeet (e) | Brotogeris versicolurus | |||
| Red-crowned Amazon (e) | Amazona viridigenalis | |||
| Yellow-crowned Amazon (e) | Amazona ochrocephala | |||
| Smooth-billed Ani | Crotophaga ani | |||
| Groove-billed Ani | Crotophaga sulcirostris | |||
| Greater Roadrunner | Geococcyx californianus | X | 11/17/18 | Desert NWR, NV |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus americanus | |||
| Mangrove Cuckoo | Coccyzus minor | |||
| Black-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus erythropthalmus | |||
| Oriental Cuckoo | Cuculus optatus | |||
| Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | |||
| Western Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |||
| Oriental Scops Owl | Otus sunia | |||
| Flammulated Owl | Psiloscops flammeolus | |||
| Eastern Screech Owl | Megascops asio | X | 5/4/91 | Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Watertown, MA |
| Western Screech Owl | Megascops kennicottii | |||
| Whiskered Screech Owl | Megascops trichopsis | |||
| Snowy Owl | Bubo scandiacus | |||
| Great Horned Owl | Bubo virginianus | X | Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Watertown, MA | |
| Spotted Owl | Strix occidentalis | |||
| Northern Barred Owl | Strix varia | X | Winter 2015/2016 | Prospect Hill Park, Waltham, MA |
| Great Grey Owl | Strix nebulosa | |||
| Mottled Owl | Strix virgata | |||
| Northern Hawk-Owl | Surnia ulula | |||
| Northern Pygmy Owl | Glaucidium californicum | |||
| Ferruginous Pygmy Owl | Glaucidium brasilianum | |||
| Elf Owl | Micrathene whitneyi | |||
| Burrowing Owl | Athene cunicularia | |||
| Boreal Owl | Aegolius funereus | |||
| Northern Saw-whet Owl | Aegolius acadicus | |||
| Brown Hawk-Owl | Ninox scutulata | |||
| Northern Boobook | Ninox japonica | |||
| Stygian Owl | Asio stygius | |||
| Long-eared Owl | Asio otus | |||
| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | |||
| Lesser Nighthawk | Chordeiles acutipennis | |||
| Common Nighthawk | Chordeiles minor | X | Great Meadow NWR, Sudbury, MA | |
| Antillean Nighthawk | Chordeiles gundlachii | |||
| Pauraque | Nyctidromus albicollis | |||
| Common Poorwill | Phalaenoptilus nuttallii | |||
| Chuck-will’s-widow | Antrostomus carolinensis | |||
| Buff-collared Nightjar | Antrostomus ridgwayi | |||
| Eastern Whip-poor-will | Antrostomus vociferus | |||
| Mexican Whip-poor-will | Antrostomus arizonae | |||
| Grey Nightjar | Caprimulgus jotaka | |||
| American Black Swift | Cypseloides niger | |||
| White-collared Swift | Streptoprocne zonaris | |||
| White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | |||
| Vaux’s Swift | Chaetura vauxi | |||
| Chimney Swift | Chaetura pelagica | X | 1989 | Watertown, MA |
| White-throated Swift | Aeronautes saxatalis | |||
| Antillean Palm Swift | Tachornis phoenicobia | |||
| Common Swift | Apus apus | |||
| Pacific Swift | Apus pacificus | |||
| Green Violetear | Colibri thalassinus | |||
| Green-breasted Mango | Anthracothorax prevostii | |||
| Cuban Emerald | Chlorostilbon ricordii | |||
| Broad-billed Hummingbird | Cynanthus latirostris | |||
| Cinnamon Hummingbird | Amazilia rutila | |||
| Buff-bellied Hummingbird | Amazilia yucatanensis | |||
| Violet-crowned Hummingbird | Amazilia violiceps | |||
| Berylline Hummingbird | Amazilia beryllina | |||
| Blue-throated Mountaingem | Lampornis clemenciae | |||
| Xantus’s Hummingbird | Basilinna xantusii | |||
| White-eared Hummingbird | Basilinna leucotis | |||
| Magnificent Hummingbird | Eugenes fulgens | |||
| Plain-capped Starthroat | Heliomaster constantii | |||
| Bahama Woodstar | Calliphlox evelynae | |||
| Lucifer Sheartail | Calothorax lucifer | |||
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | Archilochus colubris | X | 1960s | Ridgewood, NJ |
| Black-chinned Hummingbird | Archilochus alexandri | X | 11/18 | Las Vegas, NV |
| Anna’s Hummingbird | Calypte anna | X | 1/00 | Portola Valley, CA |
| Costa’s Hummingbird | Calypte costae | |||
| Bumblebee Hummingbird | Atthis heloisa | |||
| Broad-tailed Hummingbird | Selasphorus platycercus | |||
| Rufous Hummingbird | Selasphorus rufus | |||
| Allen’s Hummingbird | Selasphorus sasin | |||
| Calliope Hummingbird | Selasphorus calliope | |||
| Eared Quetzal | Euptilotis neoxenus | |||
| Elegant Trogon | Trogon elegans | |||
| Green Kingfisher | Chloroceryle americana | |||
| Amazon Kingfisher | Chloroceryle amazona | |||
| Ringed Kingfisher | Megaceryle torquata | |||
| Belted Kingfisher | Megaceryle alcyon | X | ||
| Eurasian Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |||
| Eurasian Wryneck | Jynx torquilla | |||
| Lewis’s Woodpecker | Melanerpes lewis | |||
| Red-headed Woodpecker | Melanerpes erythrocephalus | |||
| Acorn Woodpecker | Melanerpes formicivorus | X | 1/00 | Portola Valley, CA |
| Gila Woodpecker | Melanerpes uropygialis | X | 4/07 | Tucson, AZ |
| Golden-fronted Woodpecker | Melanerpes aurifrons | |||
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | Melanerpes carolinus | X | 1989-90 | CT |
| Williamson’s Sapsucker | Sphyrapicus thyroideus | |||
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Sphyrapicus varius | |||
| Red-naped Sapsucker | Sphyrapicus nuchalis | |||
| Red-breasted Sapsucker | Sphyrapicus ruber | |||
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos major | |||
| Ladder-backed Woodpecker | Picoides scalaris | |||
| Nuttall’s Woodpecker | Picoides nuttallii | |||
| Downy Woodpecker | Picoides pubescens | X | 1960s | Ridgewood, NJ |
| Hairy Woodpecker | Picoides villosus | X | ||
| Arizona Woodpecker | Picoides arizonae | |||
| Strickland’s Woodpecker | Picoides stricklandi | |||
| Red-cockaded Woodpecker | Picoides borealis | |||
| White-headed Woodpecker | Picoides albolarvatus | |||
| American Three-toed Woodpecker | Picoides dorsalis | |||
| Black-backed Woodpecker | Picoides arcticus | |||
| Northern Flicker | Colaptes auratus | X | 1989 | |
| Gilded Flicker | Colaptes chrysoides | |||
| Pileated Woodpecker | Dryocopus pileatus | X | MA | |
| Ivory-billed Woodpecker (x?) | Campephilus principalis | |||
| Greenish Elaenia | Myiopagis viridicata | |||
| Caribbean Elaenia | Elaenia martinica | |||
| White-crested Elaenia | Elaenia albiceps | |||
| Northern Beardless Tyrannulet | Camptostoma imberbe | |||
| Eastern Phoebe | Sayornis phoebe | X | 1990s | Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Watertown, MA |
| Black Phoebe | Sayornis nigricans | X | 1/00 | near SF, CA |
| Say’s Phoebe | Sayornis saya | |||
| Northern Tufted Flycatcher | Mitrephanes phaeocercus | |||
| Olive-sided Flycatcher | Contopus cooperi | |||
| Greater Pewee | Contopus pertinax | |||
| Western Wood Pewee | Contopus sordidulus | |||
| Eastern Wood Pewee | Contopus virens | X | MA | |
| Cuban Pewee | Contopus caribaeus | |||
| Hispaniolan Pewee | Contopus hispaniolensis | |||
| Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | Empidonax flaviventris | |||
| Acadian Flycatcher | Empidonax virescens | |||
| Willow Flycatcher | Empidonax traillii | |||
| Alder Flycatcher | Empidonax alnorum | |||
| White-throated Flycatcher | Empidonax albigularis | |||
| Least Flycatcher | Empidonax minimus | |||
| Hammond’s Flycatcher | Empidonax hammondii | |||
| American Dusky Flycatcher | Empidonax oberholseri | |||
| American Grey Flycatcher | Empidonax wrightii | |||
| Pine Flycatcher | Empidonax affinis | |||
| Pacific-slope Flycatcher | Empidonax difficilis | |||
| Cordilleran Flycatcher | Empidonax occidentalis | |||
| Buff-breasted Flycatcher | Empidonax fulvifrons | |||
| Vermilion Flycatcher | Pyrocephalus rubinus | |||
| Piratic Flycatcher | Legatus leucophaius | |||
| Social Flycatcher | Myiozetetes similis | |||
| Great Kiskadee | Pitangus sulphuratus | |||
| Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher | Myiodynastes luteiventris | |||
| Variegated Flycatcher | Empidonomus varius | |||
| Crowned Slaty Flycatcher | Griseotyrannus aurantioatrocristatus | |||
| Tropical Kingbird | Tyrannus melancholicus | |||
| Couch’s Kingbird | Tyrannus couchii | |||
| Cassin’s Kingbird | Tyrannus vociferans | |||
| Thick-billed Kingbird | Tyrannus crassirostris | |||
| Western Kingbird | Tyrannus verticalis | X | CA | |
| Scissor-tailed Flycatcher | Tyrannus forficatus | |||
| Fork-tailed Flycatcher | Tyrannus savana | |||
| Eastern Kingbird | Tyrannus tyrannus | X | ||
| Grey Kingbird | Tyrannus dominicensis | X | 2/12 | Puerto Rico |
| Loggerhead Kingbird | Tyrannus caudifasciatus | |||
| Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Myiarchus tuberculifer | |||
| Ash-throated Flycatcher | Myiarchus cinerascens | |||
| Nutting’s Flycatcher | Myiarchus nuttingi | |||
| Great Crested Flycatcher | Myiarchus crinitus | X | 1990 | Cape Cod, MA |
| Brown-crested Flycatcher | Myiarchus tyrannulus | |||
| La Sagra’s Flycatcher | Myiarchus sagrae | |||
| Masked Tityra | Tityra semifasciata | |||
| Grey-collared Becard | Pachyramphus major | |||
| Rose-throated Becard | Pachyramphus aglaiae | |||
| Brown Shrike | Lanius cristatus | |||
| Loggerhead Shrike | Lanius ludovicianus | X | ||
| Great Grey Shrike | Lanius excubitor | |||
| White-eyed Vireo | Vireo griseus | |||
| Thick-billed Vireo | Vireo crassirostris | |||
| Bell’s Vireo | Vireo bellii | |||
| Black-capped Vireo | Vireo atricapilla | |||
| Grey Vireo | Vireo vicinior | |||
| Yellow-throated Vireo | Vireo flavifrons | |||
| Plumbeous Vireo | Vireo plumbeus | |||
| Cassin’s Vireo | Vireo cassinii | |||
| Blue-headed Vireo (formerly Solitary Vireo) | Vireo solitarius | X | 4/27/91 | Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Watertown, MA |
| Hutton’s Vireo | Vireo huttoni | |||
| Warbling Vireo | Vireo gilvus | X | 5/14/92 | Newton, MA |
| Philadelphia Vireo | Vireo philadelphicus | |||
| Red-eyed Vireo | Vireo olivaceus | X | 1990s | Jamaica Plain, MA |
| Yellow-green Vireo | Vireo flavoviridis | |||
| Black-whiskered Vireo | Vireo altiloquus | |||
| Yucatan Vireo | Vireo magister | |||
| Grey Jay | Perisoreus canadensis | |||
| Green Jay | Cyanocorax luxuosus | |||
| Brown Jay | Psilorhinus morio | |||
| Blue Jay | Cyanocitta cristata | X | 1960s | Ridgewood, NJ |
| Steller’s Jay | Cyanocitta stelleri | X | 1990s | CA |
| Mexican Jay | Aphelocoma wollweberi | |||
| California Scrub Jay | Aphelocoma californica | X | 1990s | Portola Valley, CA |
| Woodhouse’s Scrub Jay | Aphelocoma woodhouseii | X | 11/17/18 | Desert NWR, NV |
| Island Scrub Jay | Aphelocoma insularis | |||
| Florida Scrub Jay | Aphelocoma coerulescens | |||
| Pinyon Jay | Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus | |||
| Black-billed Magpie | Pica hudsonia | X | 9/21 | Pecos, NM |
| Yellow-billed Magpie | Pica nuttalli | X | 1990s | CA |
| Clark’s Nutcracker | Nucifraga columbiana | X | 5/07 | Grand Canyon, AZ |
| Western Jackdaw | Coloeus monedula | X | 10/99 | Ireland |
| American Crow | Corvus brachyrhynchos | X | 1960s | Ridgewood, NJ |
| Northwestern Crow | Corvus caurinus | |||
| Tamaulipas Crow | Corvus imparatus | |||
| Fish Crow | Corvus ossifragus | X | ||
| Northern Raven | Corvus corax | X | 1/00 | near SF, CA |
| Chihuahuan Raven | Corvus cryptoleucus | |||
| Bohemian Waxwing | Bombycilla garrulus | |||
| Cedar Waxwing | Bombycilla cedrorum | X | 5/25/89 | Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Watertown, MA |
| Grey Silky-flycatcher | Ptilogonys cinereus | |||
| Phainopepla | Phainopepla nitens | X | 11/17/18 | Desert NWR, NV |
| Carolina Chickadee | Poecile carolinensis | |||
| Black-capped Chickadee | Poecile atricapillus | X | 1960s | Ridgewood, NJ |
| Mountain Chickadee | Poecile gambeli | X | 10/1/21 | Santa Fe, NM |
| Mexican Chickadee | Poecile sclateri | |||
| Grey-headed Chickadee | Poecile cinctus | |||
| Boreal Chickadee | Poecile hudsonicus | |||
| Chestnut-backed Chickadee | Poecile rufescens | X | 1990s | CA |
| Great Tit | Parus major | X | 10/99 | Ireland |
| Bridled Titmouse | Baeolophus wollweberi | X | 4/07 | AZ |
| Oak Titmouse (formerly part of Plain Titmouse) | Baeolophus inornatus | X | 1/00 | near SF, CA |
| Juniper Titmouse | Baeolophus ridgwayi | |||
| Tufted Titmouse | Baeolophus bicolor | X | 1960s | Ridgewood, NJ |
| Black-crested Titmouse | Baeolophus atricristatus | |||
| Verdin | Auriparus flaviceps | X | 11/17/18 | Henderson, NV |
| Eurasian Skylark | Alauda arvensis | |||
| Horned Lark | Eremophila alpestris | X | MA | |
| Red-whiskered Bulbul (e) | Pycnonotus jocosus | |||
| Sand Martin | Riparia riparia | |||
| Tree Swallow | Tachycineta bicolor | X | 1990s | Broadmoor, Natick, MA |
| Mangrove Swallow | Tachycineta albilinea | |||
| Violet-green Swallow | Tachycineta thalassina | |||
| Bahama Swallow | Tachycineta cyaneoviridis | |||
| Purple Martin | Progne subis | X | 1990s | Newburyport, MA |
| Cuban Martin | Progne cryptoleuca | |||
| Grey-breasted Martin | Progne chalybea | |||
| Southern Martin | Progne elegans | |||
| Brown-chested Martin | Progne tapera | |||
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow | Stelgidopteryx serripennis | |||
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | X | ||
| Common House Martin | Delichon urbicum | |||
| American Cliff Swallow | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | |||
| Cave Swallow | Petrochelidon fulva | |||
| Japanese Bush Warbler | Horornis diphone | |||
| American Bushtit | Psaltriparus minimus | X | 9/21 | Las Vegas, NM |
| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | |||
| Wood Warbler | Phylloscopus sibilatrix | |||
| Dusky Warbler | Phylloscopus fuscatus | |||
| Pallas’s Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus proregulus | |||
| Yellow-browed Warbler | Phylloscopus inornatus | |||
| Arctic Warbler | Phylloscopus borealis | |||
| Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | |||
| Lanceolated Warbler | Locustella lanceolata | |||
| Middendorff’s Grasshopper Warbler | Locustella ochotensis | |||
| Chinese Hwamei (e) | Garrulax canorus | |||
| Lesser Whitethroat | Sylvia curruca | |||
| Wrentit | Chamaea fasciata | |||
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | Regulus satrapa | X | 9-10/89 | Cape May, NJ |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Regulus calendula | X | 9-10/89 | Cape May, NJ |
| Cactus Wren | Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus | X | 4/07 | AZ |
| Rock Wren | Salpinctes obsoletus | |||
| Canyon Wren | Catherpes mexicanus | |||
| Sedge Wren | Cistothorus platensis | |||
| Marsh Wren | Cistothorus palustris | X | 6/4/97 | Great Meadow NWR, Concord, MA |
| Bewick’s Wren | Thryomanes bewickii | X | 4/07 | AZ |
| Sinaloa Wren | Thryophilus sinaloa | |||
| Carolina Wren | Thryothorus ludovicianus | X | 6/90 | Outer Banks, NC |
| Winter Wren | Troglodytes hiemalis | |||
| Pacific Wren | Troglodytes pacificus | |||
| House Wren | Troglodytes aedon | X | Bedford, MA | |
| Blue-grey Gnatcatcher | Polioptila caerulea | X | 9-10/89 | Cape May, NJ |
| Black-tailed Gnatcatcher | Polioptila melanura | X | 11/16/18 | Henderson, NV |
| California Gnatcatcher | Polioptila californica | |||
| Black-capped Gnatcatcher | Polioptila nigriceps | |||
| Pygmy Nuthatch | Sitta pygmaea | |||
| Brown-headed Nuthatch | Sitta pusilla | |||
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | Sitta canadensis | X | 9-10/89 | Cape May, NJ |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | Sitta carolinensis | X | 1960s | Ridgewood, NJ |
| Brown Creeper | Certhia americana | X | ||
| Grey Catbird | Dumetella carolinensis | X | ||
| Northern Mockingbird | Mimus polyglottos | X | ||
| Bahama Mockingbird | Mimus gundlachii | |||
| Sage Thrasher | Oreoscoptes montanus | |||
| Brown Thrasher | Toxostoma rufum | X | 6/90 | Outer Banks, NC |
| Long-billed Thrasher | Toxostoma longirostre | |||
| Bendire’s Thrasher | Toxostoma bendirei | |||
| Curve-billed Thrasher | Toxostoma curvirostre | |||
| California Thrasher | Toxostoma redivivum | X | 1990s | CA |
| Crissal Thrasher | Toxostoma crissale | |||
| Le Conte’s Thrasher | Toxostoma lecontei | |||
| Blue Mockingbird | Melanotis caerulescens | |||
| Crested Myna (i) | Acridotheres cristatellus | |||
| Common Starling (i) | Sturnus vulgaris | X | 1960s | Ridgewood, NJ |
| Varied Thrush | Ixoreus naevius | X | 1/00 | near SF, CA |
| Aztec Thrush | Ridgwayia pinicola | |||
| Eastern Bluebird | Sialia sialis | X | 1990s | Broadmoor, Natick, MA |
| Western Bluebird | Sialia mexicana | X | 11/17/18 | Desert NWR, NV |
| Mountain Bluebird | Sialia currucoides | |||
| Townsend’s Solitaire | Myadestes townsendi | X | 10/1/21 | Santa Fe, NM |
| Brown-backed Solitaire | Myadestes occidentalis | |||
| Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush | Catharus aurantiirostris | |||
| Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush | Catharus mexicanus | |||
| Veery | Catharus fuscescens | X | ||
| Grey-cheeked Thrush | Catharus minimus | X | 1990s | Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Watertown, MA |
| Bicknell’s Thrush | Catharus bicknelli | |||
| Swainson’s Thrush | Catharus ustulatus | X | 5/19/91 | Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Watertown, MA |
| Hermit Thrush | Catharus guttatus | X | 9/3/89 | Watertown, MA |
| Wood Thrush | Hylocichla mustelina | X | 5/24/91 | Plum Island, MA |
| Common Blackbird | Turdus merula | |||
| Eyebrowed Thrush | Turdus obscurus | |||
| Dusky Thrush | Turdus eunomus | |||
| Fieldfare | Turdus pilaris | |||
| Redwing | Turdus iliacus | |||
| Clay-coloured Thrush | Turdus grayi | |||
| White-throated Thrush | Turdus assimilis | |||
| Rufous-backed Thrush | Turdus rufopalliatus | |||
| American Robin | Turdus migratorius | X | 1960s | Ridgewood, NJ |
| Red-legged Thrush | Turdus plumbeus | |||
| Bluethroat | Luscinia svecica | |||
| Siberian Rubythroat | Luscinia calliope | |||
| Siberian Blue Robin | Luscinia cyane | |||
| Rufous-tailed Robin | Luscinia sibilans | |||
| Red-flanked Bluetail | Tarsiger cyanurus | |||
| European Stonechat | Saxicola rubicola | |||
| Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | |||
| Blue Rock Thrush | Monticola solitarius | |||
| Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | |||
| Grey-streaked Flycatcher | Muscicapa griseisticta | |||
| Dark-sided Flycatcher | Muscicapa sibirica | |||
| Asian Brown Flycatcher | Muscicapa latirostris | |||
| Narcissus Flycatcher | Ficedula narcissina | |||
| Mugimaki Flycatcher | Ficedula mugimaki | |||
| Taiga Flycatcher | Ficedula albicilla | |||
| American Dipper | Cinclus mexicanus | |||
| House Sparrow (i) | Passer domesticus | X | 1960s | Ridgewood, NJ |
| Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | |||
| African Silverbill (e) | Euodice cantans | |||
| Pin-tailed Whydah (e) | Vidua macroura | |||
| Olive Warbler | Peucedramus taeniatus | |||
| Siberian Accentor | Prunella montanella | |||
| Eastern Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla tschutschensis | |||
| Citrine Wagtail | Motacilla citreola | |||
| Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | X | 10/99 | Ireland |
| White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | |||
| Meadow Pipit | Anthus pratensis | |||
| Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | |||
| Olive-backed Pipit | Anthus hodgsoni | |||
| Pechora Pipit | Anthus gustavi | |||
| Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | |||
| Buff-bellied Pipit | Anthus rubescens | |||
| Water Pipit | Anthus spinoletta | |||
| Sprague’s Pipit | Anthus spragueii | |||
| Common Chaffinch | Fringilla coelebs | X | 10/99 | Ireland |
| Brambling | Fringilla montifringilla | |||
| Evening Grosbeak | Hesperiphona vespertina | |||
| Hawfinch | Coccothraustes coccothraustes | |||
| Pine Grosbeak | Pinicola enucleator | |||
| Eurasian Bullfinch | Pyrrhula pyrrhula | |||
| Grey-crowned Rosy Finch | Leucosticte tephrocotis | |||
| Black Rosy Finch | Leucosticte atrata | |||
| Brown-capped Rosy Finch | Leucosticte australis | |||
| Common Rosefinch | Carpodacus erythrinus | |||
| Purple Finch | Haemorhous purpureus | X | 4/27/91 | Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Watertown, MA |
| Cassin’s Finch | Haemorhous cassinii | |||
| House Finch | Haemorhous mexicanus | X | 1989 | Watertown, MA |
| Common Redpoll | Acanthis flammea | |||
| Arctic Redpoll | Acanthis hornemanni | |||
| Red Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra | |||
| Two-barred Crossbill | Loxia leucoptera | |||
| European Goldfinch (i) | Carduelis carduelis | |||
| Lawrence’s Goldfinch | Spinus lawrencei | |||
| American Goldfinch | Spinus tristis | X | ||
| Lesser Goldfinch | Spinus psaltria | X | 10/1/21 | Santa Fe, NM |
| Eurasian Siskin | Spinus spinus | |||
| Pine Siskin | Spinus pinus | X | 2001 | Waltham, MA |
| Black-headed Siskin | Spinus notata | |||
| Ovenbird | Seiurus aurocapilla | X | 9-10/89 | Cape May, NJ |
| Worm-eating Warbler | Helmitheros vermivorum | |||
| Louisiana Waterthrush | Parkesia motacilla | |||
| Northern Waterthrush | Parkesia noveboracensis | X | 1990s | Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Watertown, MA |
| Bachman’s Warbler | Vermivora bachmanii | |||
| Golden-winged Warbler | Vermivora chrysoptera | |||
| Blue-winged Warbler | Vermivora cyanoptera | |||
| Black-and-white Warbler | Mniotilta varia | X | 9/9/89 | Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Watertown, MA |
| Prothonotary Warbler | Protonotaria citrea | |||
| Swainson’s Warbler | Limnothlypis swainsonii | |||
| Crescent-chested Warbler | Oreothlypis superciliosa | |||
| Tennessee Warbler | Leiothlypis peregrina | |||
| Orange-crowned Warbler | Leiothlypis celata | |||
| Colima Warbler | Leiothlypis crissalis | |||
| Lucy’s Warbler | Leiothlypis luciae | |||
| Nashville Warbler | Leiothlypis ruficapilla | X | Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Watertown, MA | |
| Virginia’s Warbler | Leiothlypis virginiae | |||
| Connecticut Warbler | Oporornis agilis | |||
| Grey-crowned Yellowthroat | Geothlypis poliocephala | |||
| MacGillivray’s Warbler | Geothlypis tolmiei | |||
| Mourning Warbler | Geothlypis philadelphia | |||
| Kentucky Warbler | Geothlypis formosa | |||
| Common Yellowthroat | Geothlypis trichas | X | 1989 | Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Watertown, MA |
| Hooded Warbler | Setophaga citrina | |||
| American Redstart | Setophaga ruticilla | X | 5/19/91 | Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Watertown, MA |
| Kirtland’s Warbler | Setophaga kirtlandii | |||
| Cape May Warbler | Setophaga tigrina | X | 9-10/89 | Ocean City, NJ |
| Cerulean Warbler | Setophaga cerulea | |||
| Northern Parula | Setophaga americana | X | 4/28/90 | Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Watertown, MA |
| Tropical Parula | Setophaga pitiayumi | |||
| Magnolia Warbler | Setophaga magnolia | X | 5/24/91 | Plum Island, MA |
| Bay-breasted Warbler | Setophaga castanea | X | 5/15/94 | Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Watertown, MA |
| Blackburnian Warbler | Setophaga fusca | X | 5/4/91 | Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Watertown, MA |
| Mangrove Warbler | Setophaga petechia | |||
| Chestnut-sided Warbler | Setophaga pensylvanica | X | Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Watertown, MA | |
| Blackpoll Warbler | Setophaga striata | X | 5/24/91 | Plum Island, MA |
| Black-throated Blue Warbler | Setophaga caerulescens | X | 9/89 | Cape May, NJ |
| Palm Warbler | Setophaga palmarum | X | 9/89 | Cape May, NJ |
| Pine Warbler | Setophaga pinus | X | Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Watertown, MA | |
| Myrtle Warbler (formerly Yellow-Rumped Warbler) | Setophaga coronata | X | 9/89 | Cape May, NJ |
| Yellow-throated Warbler | Setophaga dominica | |||
| Prairie Warbler | Setophaga discolor | |||
| Grace’s Warbler | Setophaga graciae | |||
| Black-throated Grey Warbler | Setophaga nigrescens | |||
| Townsend’s Warbler | Setophaga townsendi | |||
| Hermit Warbler | Setophaga occidentalis | |||
| Golden-cheeked Warbler | Setophaga chrysoparia | |||
| Black-throated Green Warbler | Setophaga virens | X | 5/15/94 | Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Watertown, MA |
| Fan-tailed Warbler | Basileuterus lachrymosus | |||
| Rufous-capped Warbler | Basileuterus rufifrons | |||
| Golden-crowned Warbler | Basileuterus culicivorus | |||
| Canada Warbler | Cardellina canadensis | X | 5/19/91 | Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Watertown, MA |
| Wilson’s Warbler | Cardellina pusilla | X | 9/89 | Cape May, NJ |
| Red-faced Warbler | Cardellina rubrifrons | |||
| Painted Whitestart | Myioborus pictus | |||
| Slate-throated Whitestart | Myioborus miniatus | |||
| Yellow-breasted Chat | Icteria virens | |||
| Spot-breasted Oriole (i) | Icterus pectoralis | |||
| Orchard Oriole | Icterus spurius | |||
| Hooded Oriole | Icterus cucullatus | |||
| Black-vented Oriole | Icterus wagleri | |||
| Scott’s Oriole | Icterus parisorum | |||
| Audubon’s Oriole | Icterus graduacauda | |||
| Baltimore Oriole | Icterus galbula | X | 1960s | Ridgewood, NJ |
| Bullock’s Oriole | Icterus bullockii | |||
| Streak-backed Oriole | Icterus pustulatus | |||
| Altamira Oriole | Icterus gularis | |||
| Bronzed Cowbird | Molothrus aeneus | |||
| Shiny Cowbird | Molothrus bonariensis | |||
| Brown-headed Cowbird | Molothrus ater | X | MA | |
| Red-winged Blackbird | Agelaius phoeniceus | X | ||
| Tricoloured Blackbird | Agelaius tricolor | |||
| Tawny-shouldered Blackbird | Agelaius humeralis | |||
| Rusty Blackbird | Euphagus carolinus | |||
| Brewer’s Blackbird | Euphagus cyanocephalus | X | 1/00 | near SF, CA |
| Common Grackle | Quiscalus quiscula | X | ||
| Great-tailed Grackle | Quiscalus mexicanus | X | CA | |
| Boat-tailed Grackle | Quiscalus major | X | 6/90 | Outer Banks, NC |
| Eastern Meadowlark | Sturnella magna | X | ||
| Western Meadowlark | Sturnella neglecta | X | 5/17/17 | Boulder, CO |
| Yellow-headed Blackbird | Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus | |||
| Bobolink | Dolichonyx oryzivorus | X | 1990s | Central Mass. |
| Bananaquit | Coereba flaveola | X | 2/12 | Puerto Rico |
| Pine Bunting | Emberiza leucocephalos | |||
| Little Bunting | Emberiza pusilla | |||
| Yellow-browed Bunting | Emberiza chrysophrys | |||
| Rustic Bunting | Emberiza rustica | |||
| Yellow-throated Bunting | Emberiza elegans | |||
| Yellow-breasted Bunting | Emberiza aureola | |||
| Grey Bunting | Emberiza variabilis | |||
| Pallas’s Reed Bunting | Emberiza pallasi | |||
| Common Reed Bunting | Emberiza schoeniclus | |||
| Lark Bunting | Calamospiza melanocorys | |||
| Fox Sparrow | Passerella iliaca | |||
| Song Sparrow | Melospiza melodia | X | ||
| Lincoln’s Sparrow | Melospiza lincolnii | |||
| Swamp Sparrow | Melospiza georgiana | X | 10/7/90 | Great Meadow NWR, Concord, MA |
| Harris’s Sparrow | Zonotrichia querula | |||
| White-crowned Sparrow | Zonotrichia leucophrys | X | ||
| White-throated Sparrow | Zonotrichia albicollis | X | 9/89 | Cape May, NJ |
| Golden-crowned Sparrow | Zonotrichia atricapilla | X | 1/00 | near SF, CA |
| Dark-eyed Junco | Junco hyemalis | X | Eastern: 1960s Western: 1/00 |
Eastern: Ridgewood, NJ Western: near SF, CA |
| Yellow-eyed Junco | Junco phaeonotus | |||
| Savannah Sparrow | Passerculus sandwichensis | X | ||
| Seaside Sparrow | Ammodramus maritimus | |||
| Nelson’s Sparrow | Ammodramus nelsoni | |||
| Saltmarsh Sparrow (formerly Sharp-Tailed Sparrow) | Ammodramus caudacutus | X | Newburyport, MA | |
| Le Conte’s Sparrow | Ammodramus leconteii | |||
| Baird’s Sparrow | Ammodramus bairdii | |||
| Henslow’s Sparrow | Ammodramus henslowii | |||
| Grasshopper Sparrow | Ammodramus savannarum | |||
| American Tree Sparrow | Spizella arborea | X | 3/31/90 | Eastern MA |
| Chipping Sparrow | Spizella passerina | X | 6/2/89 | Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Watertown, MA |
| Field Sparrow | Spizella pusilla | |||
| Worthen’s Sparrow | Spizella wortheni | |||
| Black-chinned Sparrow | Spizella atrogularis | |||
| Clay-coloured Sparrow | Spizella pallida | |||
| Brewer’s Sparrow | Spizella breweri | |||
| Vesper Sparrow | Pooecetes gramineus | X(?) | 9/21 | Pecos, NM |
| Lark Sparrow | Chondestes grammacus | |||
| Five-striped Sparrow | Amphispiza quinquestriata | |||
| Black-throated Sparrow | Amphispiza bilineata | |||
| Sage Sparrow | Artemisiospiza nevadensis | X | 11/17/18 | Desert NWR, NV |
| Bell’s Sparrow | Artemisiospiza belli | |||
| Rufous-winged Sparrow | Peucaea carpalis | |||
| Cassin’s Sparrow | Peucaea cassinii | |||
| Bachman’s Sparrow | Peucaea aestivalis | |||
| Botteri’s Sparrow | Peucaea botterii | |||
| Rufous-crowned Sparrow | Aimophila ruficeps | |||
| Green-tailed Towhee | Pipilo chlorurus | |||
| Spotted Towhee | Pipilo maculatus | X | 5/14/17 | Golden, CO |
| Eastern Towhee | Pipilo erythrophthalmus | X | ||
| Canyon Towhee | Melozone fusca | X | 10/1/21 | Santa Fe, NM |
| California Towhee | Melozone crissalis | X | 1/00 | near SF, CA |
| Abert’s Towhee | Melozone aberti | |||
| Olive Sparrow | Arremonops rufivirgatus | |||
| Red-legged Honeycreeper | Cyanerpes cyaneus | |||
| White-collared Seedeater | Sporophila torqueola | |||
| Cuban Grassquit | Tiaris canorus | |||
| Yellow-faced Grassquit | Tiaris olivaceus | |||
| Black-faced Grassquit | Tiaris bicolor | |||
| Western Spindalis | Spindalis zena | |||
| McCown’s Longspur | Rhynchophanes mccownii | |||
| Lapland Longspur | Calcarius lapponicus | |||
| Smith’s Longspur | Calcarius pictus | |||
| Chestnut-collared Longspur | Calcarius ornatus | |||
| Snow Bunting | Plectrophenax nivalis | |||
| McKay’s Bunting | Plectrophenax hyperboreus | |||
| Flame-coloured Tanager | Piranga bidentata | |||
| Hepatic Tanager | Piranga hepatica | |||
| Summer Tanager | Piranga rubra | |||
| Scarlet Tanager | Piranga olivacea | X | 5/19/91 | Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Watertown, MA |
| Western Tanager | Piranga ludoviciana | |||
| Dickcissel | Spiza americana | |||
| Mexican Yellow Grosbeak | Pheucticus chrysopeplus | |||
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Pheucticus ludovicianus | X | 1970s | Ridgewood, NJ |
| Black-headed Grosbeak | Pheucticus melanocephalus | |||
| Northern Cardinal | Cardinalis cardinalis | X | 1960s | Ridgewood, NJ |
| Pyrrhuloxia | Cardinalis sinuatus | |||
| Crimson-collared Grosbeak | Rhodothraupis celaeno | |||
| Blue Bunting | Cyanocompsa parellina | |||
| Blue Grosbeak | Passerina caerulea | |||
| Indigo Bunting | Passerina cyanea | X | 1990s | NY |
| Lazuli Bunting | Passerina amoena | |||
| Varied Bunting | Passerina versicolor | |||
| Painted Bunting | Passerina ciris | X | 1/28/25 | Loxahatchee NWR, FL |
| Additional Species… | ||||
| Greater Antillean Grackle | Quiscalus niger | X | 2/12 | Puerto Rico |
| Pied Wagtail | Mottacilla alba | X | 10/99 | Ireland |
| Robin | Erithacus rubecula | X | 10/99 | Ireland |
| Rock Pipit | Anthus petrosus | X | 10/99 | Ireland |
| Goldcrest | Regulus regulus | X | 10/99 | Ireland |
| Coal Tit | Parus ater | X | 10/99 | Ireland |
| Blue Tit | Parus caeruleus | X | 10/99 | Ireland |
| Eurasian Magpie | Pica pica | X | 10/99 | Ireland |
| Rook | Corvus frugilegus | X | 10/99 | Ireland |
| Hooded Crow | Corvus corone | X | 10/99 | Ireland |
| Common Wood-Pigeon | Columba palumbus | X | 8/19 | France |
| Eurasian Coot | Fulica atra | X | 8/19 | France |
| Common Buzzard | Buteo buteo | X | 8/19 | France |
| Carrion Crow | Corvus corone | X | 8/19 | France |
| Gray-Headed Swamphen (e) | Porphyrio poliocephalus | X | 2/23 | Delray Beach, FL |
| Common Housemartin | Delichon urbicum | X | 8/19 | France |
| Eurasian Blackbird | Turdus merula | X | 8/19 | France |
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